57 Colin Powell Quotes for You to Enjoy

Colin Powell

American Statesman

Born: Apr 5, 1937

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Related authors: Condoleezza Rice Daniel Webster George Mason Henry Clay Henry Kissinger John C. Calhoun Madeleine Albright William H. Seward

Trump has no sense of shame. Colin Powell

Sense Shame No Sense Trump

You can't just have slogans, you can't just have catchy phrases. You have to have an agenda. And I think what the Republican Party has to do, if it's going to incorporate the tea party efforts in it, is to come up with an agenda that the American people can see, touch, and actually believe in, and something they believe in. Colin Powell

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My own experience is use the tools that are out there. Use the digital world. But never lose sight of the need to reach out and talk to other people who don't share your view. Listen to them and see if you can find a way to compromise. Colin Powell

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We have practiced diplomacy since the very beginning of the nation. Sometimes it has not worked, and we've had to go to war. I always believe you should try to find peace and reconciliation before conflict. That has been the approach I've taken. Colin Powell

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Trump just looks stupid trying to appeal to blacks and Latinos. Colin Powell

Stupid Latinos Blacks Looks Trump Trying Just Appeal

Don't be afraid to challenge the pros, even in their own backyard. Colin Powell

Challenge Own Backyard Pros Afraid Even

So like any football or basketball coach, you always always believe you're going to win. Colin Powell

You Win Believe Football Like Always Any Going Coach Basketball

Experts often possess more data than judgment. Colin Powell

Judgment Possess Data More Than Often Experts

What you're seeing with Occupy Wall Street and the others are people who are unhappy and they're directing their unhappiness now toward Wall Street and toward those they think are doing too well in our society. Colin Powell

We need to understand that we as citizens and as a government in any community throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us. Colin Powell

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Organization charts and fancy titles count for next to nothing. Colin Powell

Organization Nothing Charts Count Fancy Titles Next

Many interviewers when they come to talk to me, think they're being progressive by not mentioning in their stories any longer that I'm black. I tell them, 'Don't stop now. If I shot somebody you'd mention it.' Colin Powell

Me You Black Somebody Think Progressive Tell Mention Longer Come Talk Any Stop Being Stories Them Shot Many Now

It isn't enough just to scream at the Occupy Wall Street demonstrations. We need our political system to start reflect this anger back into, 'How do we fix it? How do we get the economy going again?' Colin Powell

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The purposes of the United States should not be doubted. The Security Council resolutions will be enforced - the just demands of peace and security will be met - or action will be unavoidable. And a regime that has lost its legitimacy will also lose its power. Colin Powell

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High-quality early-childhood programs and health coverage have expanded, and the number of mentoring relationships for at-risk youth has risen dramatically. That progress is encouraging, but it's not evenly distributed. Colin Powell

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Drones are just another weapon, and they turn out to be a very effective weapon that puts no American troops at risk, and I don't see why we shouldn't use them against identified enemy targets. Colin Powell

I don't think we handled the aftermath of the fall of Baghdad as well as we might have. But that's now history. Colin Powell

History Fall Think Baghdad Well Handled Aftermath Might Now

It was the Congress that imposed 'Don't Ask, Don't Tell,' it was certainly my position, my recommendation to get us out of an even worse outcome that could have occurred. Colin Powell

Congress Worse Out Tell Recommendation Outcome Could Occurred Imposed Get Ask Us Certainly Even Even Worse Position

Yup, the whole birther movement was racist. Colin Powell

Movement Whole Yup

It's a disgrace that we have millions of people who are uninsured. Colin Powell

People Disgrace Uninsured Who Millions Millions Of People

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